Gholdengo counters

Gen 9 National Dex Monotype · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 7.5% #25
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Recover 81.1% Nasty Plot 80.3% Shadow Ball 76.1% Make It Rain 69.7% Thunder Wave 23.8% Hex 23.7% Focus Blast 18.9% Trick 13.1%
Items
Ghostium Z 68.8% Choice Scarf 13.6% Air Balloon 8.5% Fairium Z 3.8% Heavy-Duty Boots 2.4% Colbur Berry 1.3% Leftovers 0.7% Steelium Z 0.3%
Common Teammates
Heatran88.1%Scizor-Mega57.9%Iron Treads52.1%Celesteela45.4%Skarmory44.9%Ferrothorn44.0%Excadrill37.7%Goodra-Hisui31.2%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #25 with 7.49% usage. Sorted by reliability score.